Figure 1.--This photograph of an unidentified German class was taken in 1926. It shows a mixed class with the teacher standing at the rear (left side). Many of the boys are wearing sailor suits, but none of the girls. The boys wear knee pants or long-cut short trousers. Notice that all of the children or wearing dark (mostly black) long stockings. Even though it does not seem a cold day, none of the children are wearing socks. One gets the impression that in the 1920s that long stocking were seen as more suitable for older children than socks.

This photograph of an unidentified German class was taken in 1926. It shows a mixed class with the teacher standing at the rear (left side). Many of the boys are wearing sailor suits, but none of the girls. The boys wear knee pants or long-cut short trousers. Notice that all of the children or wearing dark (mostly black) long stockings. Even though it does not seem a cold day, none of the children are wearing socks. One gets the impression that in the 1920s that long stocking were seen as more suitable for older children than socks. Long stockings were still quite common, but not uiversal. There are some boys in the back row that have a different style of suits. All the children seem to be quite dressed up--perhaps for some sort of outing. They don't seem to be in front of their school, but their teacher is with them. We don't know the location but the date (1926) is definite. A reader points out that there may be a girl wearing a sailor dress in this photo. "Standing behind the row of boys who are seated is a row of girls. There is a girl in a white dress at the right end. To the left of her is a child wearing a sailor outfit. As all the others in the row are girls, I suspect this is a girl too. Magnification (Ctrl +++) shows what may be her hair tied up on top or a dark hair ribbon."
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